A Hemingway grandaughter of pure Alianza lineage. True to her pedigree, Avril has a dense fleece with good crimp definition. Well conformed, she combines substance with elegance. Avril is the daughter and sister of Champions - including her full brother, Aztec Avatar.
Sire - Aztec Avalance was a Champion in Canada before being exported to England in 2002.
Avalanche's dam, PPPeruvian Snowspirit 4729, was imported from the Rural Alianza in 1995 at the age of 2.5 years with an AFD of 17.1 and a fleece weight of 6.5 pounds. Snowspirit produced 12 crias for AOBA judge Jill McCleod & family of Aztec Alpacas in Canada.
Dam - PPPeruvian Snappy 4783 was another gem from the Alianza herds of Peru, and highly prized by her owners, Aztec Alpacas of Canada. Imported at 2 years of age, her fleece weight at importation was 6.0 pounds of 21.1 micron fleece.
Full brother - Aztec Avatar! (see his photos at right). Owned by Benchmark Alpacas. See his histogram above, and his impressive fiber test results:
Aztec Avril is co-owned with Inti Alpacas, LLC of New Hampshire
Awards Received Avril was never shown, but her FULL brother, Aztec Avatar was:
Supreme Color Champion at 2 years, Farm Fair International 2004, Canada Reserve Grand Champion at 3 years, Rich Valley Show 2005, Canada 1st Place - Farm Fair International 2004 1st Place - Rich Valley Show 2005 1st Place Fleece at 3 years old! Alpacafest 2005, Red Deer, Canada 1st Place - Michigan Alpaca Breeders Show, 2011 Halter 'Get of Sire'
Service Sire: Awards Received 1st - 2008 North American Alpaca Show, Mature White Males. Judge, Mike Safely First time shown! An exceptional class of mature males, including Champions.
2nd - Get-of-Sire, 2011 Northeast Alpaca Show> (behind Snowmass Royal Challenger!!) Judge: Jude Anderson and Amanda Vanden Bosch
Only a handful of Bolero's offspring have been shown: SSRMT Timbuck2 - 3 time Reserve Champion White Huacaya Male each time behind his brother: SSRMT Status Symbol - 6 time Champion White Huacaya Male!!!
*Status Symbol's skin biopsy was in the TOP 5% of huacaya males EVER evaluated by Dr. Norm Evans.
Inti B Poco Bueno - won Best Hand, Best Crimp, Judges Choice... and High Score in Show: 92!!! Judge: Polly Michalis
Inti B My Girl 6 time Champion, including Reserve Champion at the 2011 North American! and Breeders Showcase Judges Choice!